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Innovation in Digital Learning
ALT 2024 Award for Team of the Year
SATLE 2024 Impact Award for Digital Transformation
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Innovation in Digital Learning
ALT 2024 Award for Team of the Year
SATLE 2024 Impact Award for Digital Transformation
https://www.youtube.com/@TechnologyEnhancedLearningMTU
#edtech #highered #oer
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"By thinking about what a regulated usage system might look like it at least gets us to ask the questions of AI and its implementation that are missing from the current political gold rush."
What would AI regulation look like? – The Ed Techie
Martin Weller’s blog on open education, digital scholarship & over-stretched metaphors
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January 29, 2026 at 9:56 PM
"By thinking about what a regulated usage system might look like it at least gets us to ask the questions of AI and its implementation that are missing from the current political gold rush."
Leon Furze has put together a post that what’s changed, what’s most important, and what you can actually do with the GenAI in 2026.
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Everything Educators Need to Know About GenAI in 2026
GenAI in education is a sprawling topic, so each January I try to distill it into a single post: what's changed, what's most important, and what you can actually do with the technology. This is…
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January 28, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Leon Furze has put together a post that what’s changed, what’s most important, and what you can actually do with the GenAI in 2026.
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"The cognitive offloading critique rests on a historical fiction: the autonomous learner, working in productive isolation, building cognitive muscle through solo effort. This student never existed, or existed only for the few."
In Praise of Assistance
A response to the cognitive offloading literature and Terry Underwood's "The Humanities and AI: A Year of Reckoning"
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January 27, 2026 at 9:42 PM
"The cognitive offloading critique rests on a historical fiction: the autonomous learner, working in productive isolation, building cognitive muscle through solo effort. This student never existed, or existed only for the few."
"The tell isn’t that fake citations look wrong. It’s that they look too right. Too convenient. Too perfectly aligned with whatever point the AI is making."
How to Spot AI Hallucinations Like a Reference Librarian
The verification tricks that would make fact-checkers weep with joy.
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January 26, 2026 at 6:25 PM
"The tell isn’t that fake citations look wrong. It’s that they look too right. Too convenient. Too perfectly aligned with whatever point the AI is making."
"If students are to engage critically with AI, they must understand not only its functional capacities but also its ecological footprints."
Environmental contradictions of large language models in higher
Universities are racing to adopt AI, even as its environmental costs remain largely obscured. Can higher education pursue responsible innovation while upholding sustainability and its commitment to
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January 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM
"If students are to engage critically with AI, they must understand not only its functional capacities but also its ecological footprints."
Read or listen to this story on the dangers of using AI detection tools on student work
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Teachers are using software to see if students used AI. What happens when it's wrong?
School districts from Utah to Ohio to Alabama are spending thousands of dollars on these tools, despite research showing the technology is far from reliable.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Read or listen to this story on the dangers of using AI detection tools on student work
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Faculty members explain how to keep students engaged in their own learning and prevent them from relying on AI.
You Can’t AI-Proof the Classroom, Experts Say. Get Creative Instead.
Artificial intelligence is here to stay. Faculty members explain how to keep students engaged in their own learning and prevent them from relying on AI.
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January 20, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Faculty members explain how to keep students engaged in their own learning and prevent them from relying on AI.
Leon Furze discusses AI in education trends from 2025, how attitudes towards AI hype have shifted, and where he thinks the industry is taking us in 2026.
What Defined AI in Education in 2025? A Year in Review
What Defined AI in Education in 2025? In this article, I reflect on some of the highlights from the blog, looking at trends in the technology, how attitudes towards AI hype have shifted, and where I…
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January 19, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Leon Furze discusses AI in education trends from 2025, how attitudes towards AI hype have shifted, and where he thinks the industry is taking us in 2026.
"Despite a decline in educator optimism about AI’s overall impact, faculty usage remains high. 68% say they use AI often or always in their work, broadly consistent with 69% in 2024. However, the proportion who use AI ‘all the time’ has risen from 21% to 33%."
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Higher education divide widens: Students see AI gains, but educators lose confidence | FE News
| Higher education divide widens: Students see AI gains, but educators lose confidence
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January 15, 2026 at 12:02 PM
"Despite a decline in educator optimism about AI’s overall impact, faculty usage remains high. 68% say they use AI often or always in their work, broadly consistent with 69% in 2024. However, the proportion who use AI ‘all the time’ has risen from 21% to 33%."
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"We should treat AI conversations as opportunities for reflective learning, not private shame. And we must rebuild the basic infrastructure of attention in higher education, rather than outsourcing care to systems that cannot provide it safely."
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Universities must respond to students’ emotional reliance on AI
If a student feels remembered by a machine but overlooked by humans, something in the educational contract has broken, says Agnieszka Piotrowska
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January 14, 2026 at 12:02 PM
"We should treat AI conversations as opportunities for reflective learning, not private shame. And we must rebuild the basic infrastructure of attention in higher education, rather than outsourcing care to systems that cannot provide it safely."
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"As educators, the goal is not to compete with short‑form platforms on sheer stickiness, but to design experiences where attention is channeled into thinking, problem‑solving, and revisiting ideas over time."
Is it Possible to Make Learning as Addictive as TikTok? - EdSurge News
Ever heard of homework FOMO? We haven’t either. Is it possible to make learning as addictive as the latest TikTok dance trend? And if so, should we?
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January 13, 2026 at 12:01 PM
"As educators, the goal is not to compete with short‑form platforms on sheer stickiness, but to design experiences where attention is channeled into thinking, problem‑solving, and revisiting ideas over time."
"As an educator, you should take some practical steps now to protect your online or in-person courses."
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Advice | Can Educators Counter ‘Agentic AI’?
If academics don’t deal with these problematic tools now, we’ll lose online education.
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January 12, 2026 at 12:02 PM
"As an educator, you should take some practical steps now to protect your online or in-person courses."
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"Successful emotion regulation helps students to stay engaged with challenging tasks, recover from setbacks, and maintain the motivation needed for independent study."
How do online students use digital technologies to manage their emotions? – OU Learning Design team blog
Jake Hilliard ~ Learning Designer
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January 8, 2026 at 12:01 PM
"Successful emotion regulation helps students to stay engaged with challenging tasks, recover from setbacks, and maintain the motivation needed for independent study."
"Amongst diverse and changing practices, students generally conveyed a sense that their educational work should come from, and be owned by, themselves."
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Time, emotions and moral judgements: how university students position GenAI within their study
The emergence of Generative AI (GenAI) in higher education has prompted considerable discussion within the research community. Despite their centrality, students’ perspectives remain underexplored....
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January 7, 2026 at 12:02 PM
"Amongst diverse and changing practices, students generally conveyed a sense that their educational work should come from, and be owned by, themselves."
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"Tom Chatfield's 𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘨𝘺 cautions against letting AI erode essential human skills, such as critical thinking, discernment, and domain expertise, and instead advocates for utilizing AI as a catalyst for deeper learning."
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AI and the Future of Pedagogy: new white paper charts a human-centered path for higher education
The paper examines the profound impact of AI on education. It cautions against letting AI erode essential human skills such as critical thinking, discernment, and domain expertise, and advocates for…
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January 6, 2026 at 12:01 PM
"Tom Chatfield's 𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘨𝘺 cautions against letting AI erode essential human skills, such as critical thinking, discernment, and domain expertise, and instead advocates for utilizing AI as a catalyst for deeper learning."
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"Learning requires struggle. Writing requires revision. And there’s genuine value in being wrong."
The Power of Being Wrong: Why Writing Can't Be Made Efficient | FE News
| The Power of Being Wrong: Why Writing Can't Be Made Efficient
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December 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"Learning requires struggle. Writing requires revision. And there’s genuine value in being wrong."
"The question isn’t whether cognitive diversity exists. It’s what other dimensions of it we haven’t even noticed yet and what it means for us as educators and educational researchers."
Beyond Learning Styles II: Your Students’ Minds ? Work Nothing Like Yours (and They Don’t Know it Either) | Punya Mishra's Web
by Punya Mishra | Monday, November 17, 2025
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December 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"The question isn’t whether cognitive diversity exists. It’s what other dimensions of it we haven’t even noticed yet and what it means for us as educators and educational researchers."
"Our experience shows three pitfalls that erode validity: declaring ‘No AI’ where enforcement is impossible, adding AI for its own sake, and retrofitting levels without redesigning tasks, rubrics, and student guidance."
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How (not) to use the AI Assessment Scale
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December 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"Our experience shows three pitfalls that erode validity: declaring ‘No AI’ where enforcement is impossible, adding AI for its own sake, and retrofitting levels without redesigning tasks, rubrics, and student guidance."
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"When a student who’s been stuck in lecture mode for hours finally gets to physically manipulate something, their engagement spikes, not because they’re a “kinesthetic learner,” but because they’re a human learner whose brain lights up with novel, embodied activity."
Einstein’s Beams and Feynman’s Colors: What We Lost When We Debunked Learning Styles | Punya Mishra's Web
by Punya Mishra | Sunday, October 19, 2025
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December 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"When a student who’s been stuck in lecture mode for hours finally gets to physically manipulate something, their engagement spikes, not because they’re a “kinesthetic learner,” but because they’re a human learner whose brain lights up with novel, embodied activity."
"The brutal honesty from the students that I’ve been talking to suggests that if a student can’t see the point in what they’re doing, it is increasingly likely that they’ll offload it onto ChatGPT or a handful of other AI platforms."
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Good Enough and Better Than Me: Two Problematic Student Perspectives on Gen AI
For the past few months, I've been visiting schools and hearing from students about why and how they're using (or refusing) generative artificial intelligence. In this article, I'm talking about two…
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December 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"The brutal honesty from the students that I’ve been talking to suggests that if a student can’t see the point in what they’re doing, it is increasingly likely that they’ll offload it onto ChatGPT or a handful of other AI platforms."
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"Two in every three students in Ireland have used generative AI products like ChatGPT this year, with over half of 16- to 29-year-olds saying they had used it in an education setting."
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Two-thirds of students have used AI services like ChatGPT, CSO finds
Sending emails is the most popular internet activity with internet banking or mobile banking second
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December 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"Two in every three students in Ireland have used generative AI products like ChatGPT this year, with over half of 16- to 29-year-olds saying they had used it in an education setting."
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"There is no reliable way to indicate whether a student has stopped at the point of using AI for brainstorming or has engaged critically with AI paraphrased output."
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This is not the end but a beginning: Responding to “Something Wicked This Way Comes” – GenAI:N3
O’Mahony’s provocatively titled “Something Wicked This Way Comes” blog outlined feelings we recognised from across the sector, which were that Generative AI (GenAI) tools have created unease,…
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December 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"There is no reliable way to indicate whether a student has stopped at the point of using AI for brainstorming or has engaged critically with AI paraphrased output."
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"Leadership plays a central role in ensuring AI adoption supports educational quality, innovation and equity rather than focusing purely on operational efficiency or competitiveness."
Adopting AI across an institution is a pressing leadership challenge
Janice Kay and Rachel Maxwell set out all the elements of a whole-institution AI strategy and the leadership capabilities required to make it real
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December 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"Leadership plays a central role in ensuring AI adoption supports educational quality, innovation and equity rather than focusing purely on operational efficiency or competitiveness."